Perforating mechanism for cash-registers



T. CARROLL AND J. C. LOCKYER.

PERFORATING MECHANISM FGR CASH REGISTERS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 5,199.

Patented Aug. 16, 1921.

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1,387,762, Patented Aug. 16, 1921.

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T. CARRULL AND J. C. LOCKYER.

PERFGRATING MECHANRSM FOR CASH REGISTERS.

APPLICATION HLED JULY 5.1919.

1,387,762. Patented Aug. 16,1921.

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APPLICATION HLED IULY 5. I9

Patented Aug. 16, 1921.

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THOMAS CARROLL AND JOHN C. LOCKYEB, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIG-NORS TO THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, (INCORPORATED IN 1906), A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

PERFORATING MECHANISM FOR CASH-REGISTERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug.16-, 1921.

Original application filed February 5, 1915, Serial No. 63%. Divided and this application filed July 5,

' 1919. Serial No. 308,887.

To all whom it may; concern:

Be it known that we, THOMAS Cannon. and J 011x C. LOC-KYER, citizens of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Perforating Mechanisms for Cash-Registers, of which we declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to accounting machines such as cash registers, or machines performing some or all of the functions of such machines as are now common in the market.

All of the patentable subject matter disclosed in this application is not claimed herein as this is a divisional application of an application which has resulted in United States Letters, Patent issued November 4,

The invention has to do mainly with the provision in connection with such machines, of a. card feeding, punching, and storing mechanism, said punching mechanism being under the control of the accounting machine proper, in such a way that at each operation of the machine a card will be punched in a manner so as to be capable of controlling subsequent accounting operations of some accounting mechanism.

In accounting systems now well known the arrangement of punched holes in a card, determines amounts to be entered in accounting. mechanisms in subsequent operations. By the provision of a plurality of punching fields of the card to be punched a classification of the items on the various cards may be had. In the form of the herein described invention, after a card is imposition to be punched by operation of the accounting machine a relative adjust mentbetween the card and its punching mechanism may take place, thereby to effect the punching of an amount controlled from the accounting machine. in the field ot' the a card devoted to the class of items to which the amount for that operationof the machine, belongs.

Accounting machines are usually provided with manipulative devices through which amounts to be entered in the accounting mechanism are set up, and others through which the classification of the item in the machine is determined. The usual amount manipulative devices in this invention will control the ones of a number of punches which are to be effective, for punching the set-up number on the card. The usual special manipulative devices for classifying the amount will determine the relative adjustment between the punching mechanism and the cards to determine the classification of the particular amount, by having it punched in a desired one of a plurality of fields.

The invention is applicable, as indicated above, to various types of accounting machines, It is herein shown applied to a well known type of cash register such as shown and described in United States Letters Patent No. 934,994, granted September 28, 1 909, on an invention of the present applicant, the present description showing only so much of the old machine as is necessary to make the present invention clear. In the machine illustrated in said Letters Patent, manipulative leversserve, by the position in which they are set for the operation of the machine, to determine the amount to be entered on registering mechanism and printed by printing mechanism upon the operation of the machine proper. In the present application no totalizing mechanism is shown or deseribed'as it forms no part of the pres ent invention. It is obvious, however, that the form of totalizing mechanism shown in said Letters Patent or any other form may be employed without departing from the present invention.

As above indicated the invention includes a supply receptacle for cards and another receiving receptacle into which {they are placed, after being punched, one at each operation of the machine. 7

It was an ob 'ect of this invention to provide means for transferring a card, and only one at a time, from the supply receptacle to the punching mechanism, this being done near the end of an operation of the machine so as to have a card in place to be punched during the early part of the next operation of the machine.

It was, of course a further object to proioo vide an effective means for taking a. punched card from the punching mechanism and properly storing it in the receiving recep tacle, this latter transferringto be effected, obviously, prior to the receipt by the punching mechanism, of a card from the supply receptacle in readiness for the next operation.

It was a particular object to design mechanism which will insure but one card being transferred from the supply receptacle to the punching mechanism at each operation, and novel means for performing this function in an exceedingly effective manner are shown. In connection with this card transferring mechanism it was an important object to eiiiciently provide for proper transfer of the punched card to the receiving receptacle, the latter properly retaining the card transferred, and permitting the transferring means to return to normal card receiving position.

The invention furthermore provides locking mechanism for the machine to prevent an operation of the machine when the cards in the supply receptacle have become exhausted and there is none present in the punching mechanism to be punched at the next 0 )eration.

In the embodiment shown a single set of punches under the control of the manipulative devices is shown, the proper ones of the plurality of rows of punches to be rendered effective for any particular operation of the machine, under the control of the amount manipulative devices. This same set of punches is common to all the punching fields of the card and provision is made for shifting the means which directly holds the card when being punched, laterally of the punches to bring the proper field of the card in punching relationship with the punches. As the card to be punched at an operation is in this holding means at the end of the preceding operation of the machine, the holding means may be. and is. given the lateral adjustment relative to the punches, by the manual adjustment of that one of the manipulative devices of the machine, which serves to determine the classification of the item entered.

A- part of the punching mechanism is. after the card is punched and ready to be transferred to the receiving receptacle. moved laterally to permit the otherwise obstructed holding means to carry the card to.

its receiving receptacle there leaving it and returning to normal position. Afiten' the holding means returns to normal position, the moved portion of the punching mechanism is returned to cooperative relationship with the remainder of the punching mechanism.

lVit-h these and incidental objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, the essential elements of which are set forth in the appended claims, and a preferred form of embodiment of which is hereinafter described with reference to the drawings which accompany and form part of this specification.

Of said drawings:

Figure 1 is a cross section or" the machine on a line justinside' the right hand frame and looking to the left.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of a part or the machine showing the amount and special manipulative devices, differential mcchanism, punching mechanism, and the driving shaft and controlling cams of the machine.

Fig. 3 shows the cam and its operated link used for operating the means for singly transferring cards from the supply receptacle to the punching mechanism.

Fig. 4 shows the cam and its operated lever, used for o aerating the means for transferring a punc ed card from the punching mechanism to the card receiving receptacle.

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the front part of the machine showing the appearance of the card supply and receiving receptacles and associated elements.

Fig. 6 is a detail view of the means for singly transferring cards from the supply receptacle to the punching means.

Fig. 7 shows the machine locking mechanism which locks the machine against operation if there is no card in position to be punched.

Fig. 8 is a view of the card to be used in the machine, showing an amount punched in the field for the department D of the card, the card being inverted from the position in which it is handled by the machine.

Fig. 9 shows a form of printing mcchanism suitable to the machine for printing amounts as well as their classification. this being identical with Fig. 4 of the above mentioned patent.

Fig. 10 shows the cam and operated link for operating the severing mechanism which severs, in the machine of the patent, a portion of the slip printed upon.

Fig. 11 is a detail view of the cam and its associated pitman for rocking the die frame to effect the punching.

Fig. 12 is a detail assembly view of the die shifting mechanism.

Fig. 13 is a detail assembly view of the card holding frame and its shifting mechanism.

Fig. lat is a detail view of the printing type wheels including four number or amount printing wheels and one clerks or department printing wheel.

In the drawings, 1 is the cabinet which substantially incloses the various mechanisms of the machine though provided with forwardly and backwardly extending slots, at the top in Fig. 1, through which extend the free ends of manipulative levers 3. In this figure is also shown an upwardly and forwardly swinging door 4 at the front of the top of the cabinet pivoted at 5 to the front side of the. main cabinet 1. This door permits access to the front of the machine from the top for such purposes as desired such as supplying the machine with cards to be punched. There is also near the bottom at the front of the machine a removable closure 6. permitting access to the receiving re ceptacle for punched cards, removable and attachable in any well known manner. The cabinet 1 is provided ad3acent and alongside slots 2, with index plates '1' for the purpose of aiding in the adjustment of the levers 3. The index plates are not shown in detail herein as they form no part of the present invention but are clearly and fully shown in the aforesaid Patent No. 934,994. A conventional form of printing mechanism is shown in Fig. 9 and this is mounted outside the left end of the cabinet. telescoping sleeves being shown at the left in Fig. 2, broken off, but serving in the usual way to set up the printing type of the printing mechanism. 7

The framework for the machine proper includes, at the front part of the maclnne as sociated with the mechanism shown in Fig. 2, right and left end frames 8 and 9 respectively connected at the top by cross beams 10 and 11, and cross beams 12 and 13 at the bottom of the machine. A little higher up and between the beams12 and 13 but closer to the latter. there also extends between the end frames 8 and 9 still another cross beam 1 1. Between the end frames 8 and 9 there is also an intermediate forwardly and bacle wardly extending frame 215 supported by the beams 10, 12 and 1e and shown by brokenlines in Fig. 1.

The main driving shaft 4-1 of the machine has end bearlngs, inthe end frames 8 and 9 and extends through the intermediate frame 215. This shaft is adapted to be given one complete rotation at each operation by any suitable means such as a crank handle or motor, both of which are well known in the art and need not be described in detail. It carries practically all the main operating cams of the machine by which the various operating mechanisms are operated properly. A shaft 15 is loosely journaled at its right end in a bearing in the end frame 9, and supported at the left by the frame 8 (Fig. 2). Surrounding the shaft- 15 are four sleeves 16, 17, 18 and 19. the sleeves as well as the shaft carrying them being broken away near the middle in Fig. 2 to give a better view of the mechanism below them. The shaft 15 and the sleeves 16, 17, 18 and 19, respectively, and rigidly carry controlling segments 20. 21, 22, 23 and 24 (only segment 20 being shown in Fig. 1) to the left side of each of which is pinned the lower end of the correspomling one of the corresponding number of the manipulative controlling levers 3 shown in Fig. 1, the upper ends of all of which are broken off in Fig. 2.

Segments 20, 2-1, 22and 23 are each pro vided on their forward edges with gear teeth 25 (Fig. 1} cooperating with teeth 26 formed on the rear edges of vertically slidable rack bars 27, the upper ends of which work in and are guided by, notches 28 in the depending projection 29 of the cross beam 11.

The lower ends of these racks 27 are guided for vertical movement by rod 30. passing through slots 31 in the lower end of the racks, and carried at its ends by arms projecting upwardly and forwardly from the cross beam 1%. As in the hereinbefore mentioned Letters Patent No. 9349M the levers 3 are adapted to be given an adjustmentas a preliminary to an operation of the main operating mechanism to determine the amount to be recorded. The adjustment of any of the levers 3 from the normal position shown in Fig. 1 will rock the appropriate ones of the segments 20 to 23. inclusive, in a clockwise direction relative to the shaft 15. thereby elevating the appropriate rack bars. The racks 27 are separated transversely in correspondence with the separation of the segments 20.21, 22 and 23, and have forwardly extending projections 33, whichwill determine or control the punching of the card by the punching mechanism,

hereinafter more fully described. In gen- "There are four rows of these punches 34,.

but'from Fig. 2 it will be seen thatthcse rows are closer together than are the racks 27. this being a'dvisal'ile so that the punching fields in the card may be no larger than necessary. It is, of course, obvious that the projections 33 of the racks 27 will be separated only in correspondence with the separation of the rows of punches 3-1. This is taken care of by off-setting the projections 33 of the racks 27 as shown in Fig. 2. the two outer racks being off-set the most but in opposite directions and toward each other. and the inner ones a less amount but also toward each other. In this way the four projections 33 of the four racks 27 are brought closer together than are the racks themselves. so that the projections will be in alinement with their respective row of punches 34.

All of the punches 34 are enlarged intermediate their ends at 35, and are supported and guided at their rear ends in openings in the forward wall 36 of a punch holding frame forming part of a cross beam 37 of the machine. The rear end of the punches work in openings in a plate 39 removably secured to the main body of the punch frame and forming the rear wall of it. The punches are only effective when in their forward positions into which position they are. moved whenever their appropriate projection 33 engages and remains adjacent their rear ends thus holding them forward when the actual punching operation takes place. Thus but one punch in a row will be seen to be effective to punch a hole in the card at an operation, all other punches in the row being free to he pushed back when the card to he punched is forced against their forward ends, only the one backed by the projection 33 being held firm so as to actas a. punch in its row for that particular operation.

ll' hen the levers 3 are in their zero position the rack bars 27 with their projections 33 are in their lowermost position shown in Fig. l, and if one of them is left in that position by reason of no adjustment being given to its manipulative lever 3, a hole will he punched in the card at a place to indicate zero for that denomination. lVhen a manipulative lever 3 is. however, moved to bring it to some position relative to the index plate 7, indicating other than zero. its rack and projection 33 will form a backing to hold the appropriate punch of the vertical row corresponding to the adjustment of the manipulative lever 3 so that when the machine is operated the particular punching for that row of punches will accord with the adjustment of such lever In the foregoing it has been described how the desired punches of the different rows are to be rendered effective in an operation of the machine under the control ofcorresponding manipulative levers 3. These same levers and segments, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art. may well serve also to control the setting up of printing mechanism correspondingly to print the amount punched when the machine is operated. This differential mechanism may also perform the other usual functions of a register of the type shown in said patent. In Fig. 9 a printing mechanism has been shown suitable for printing and severing checks when the machine is operated. This is substantially the same as the printing mechanism of the Letters Patent ho. 934,99l above referred to, to which reference is made for a detailed description of this printing mechanism and its operation. It will suffice here to say that in Figs. 9 and 14, 40 represents the type wheels against which a check is carried by the table H to be printed upon by the machine twice. As will be seen by rererence to Fig. 14, there are five ty wheels -10 corresponding to the number 0 levers 3, four of said wheels .20 being appropriate to the four amount levers and the fifth or left hand wheel being appropriate to the left hand lever 3 which designates the clerk or department. It is customary in machines of the type shown in the aforesaid Patent No. 934,994 to print in duplicate upon an inserted slip and then to sever a voucher from the main slip and deposit the voucher in a locked compartment of the machine, the line of severing being between the duplicate impressions so thatone impression will be on the voucher and the other on the main portion of the slip.

The operation of printing and severing the slip is effected in the following manner: The slip when inserted is placed on the platen table 41 (Fig. 9) journaled on a shaft 250 and provided with a rigid pendent 251,

which pendent carries at its lower end an anti-friction roller 252. The roller 252 projects into the groove 253 of a box cam 25% fast. on the main operating shaft 44. The platen 255 is located near the lower end of the table all so that when the latter is raised, the platen 255 will force the check against the type 40. A shaft 256 is jo'urnaled in lugs 257 pendentfrom the table 41 and carries a pinion 258 and two feeding rollers 259, the latter projecting through the table .41. The pinion 258 meshes with a rack bar 260 held in relation therewith by a roller 261 on the right hand pendent 257. The bar 260 is pivotally connected to a hell crank lever 262, pivoted at 263 and having an anti-friction roller projecting into the groove 264 of a box cam 265 fast to the shaft 44.

The purpose and formation of the cam 25%- is to force the platen 255 against the type 40 twice so as to take two successive impressions therefrom and the purpose and formation of the cam 265 is to actuate the rollers 259 sons to feed the inserted slip between the two impression movements of the table 41 so as to cause the two impressions to be made at separate points on the slip.

The feeding of the slip is to an extent sufficient to cause the first printed impression to pass beyond the stationary cutting edge 42 and beneath the movable cutting edge 266 which is at that time elevated. The cutter 266 is carried by a reciprocating frame 267 having a rack bar 268 meshing with the teeth of a rack segment 269 rigidly mounted on a rock shaft 270. The shaft 270 is rocked by a earn 271 (Fig. 10) through the medium of a cam slot 272 formed therein. an antifriction roller 273, pitman 274C and arm 2% fast on the shaft 270. The care groove 27 2 is so formed that the movable cutter 266 will be elevated before the feeding action of rollering of the cutter will then act to sever the voucher bearing the first impression, which voucher will then drop into a receptacle 5&3 locked within the casing of the machine.

The type wheels 40 are carried by four telescopic sleeves 45 and a shaft 245 all of which are set by the adjustment of the manipulative levers 3 as shown in Fig. 2, the shaft 245 being supported by the left hand frame not shown and the sub-frame 215 -,hereinbefore mentioned. The right handends of the telescopic sleeves 45 and shaft 2&5 carry pinions 46 meshing with pinions ber of classes. This segment 24, of course,

will serve as regards its control over the printing mechanism, to print a character corresponding to the class to which the item printed belongs, or perform other functions without departing from the spirit of the invention. 7

It is necessary for purposes hereinafter set forth to restore to normal the lever 3, assigned to the department selections, prior to the end of each operation of the machine together with all its associated parts. i This restoration to normal position of the department lever is'effected in the following manner: Pivotally mounted at 280 to the gear segment 24; of the department lever 3 is a pit man 281, the rear end of which is bifurcated to straddle the shaft 4:4. Near its bifurcation the pitman carries a roller 282 adapted to cooperate with a peripheral cam 283 fast on the shaft 44; The earn 283 when in the normal position shown in Fig. 1, permits free movement of department lever 3 and pitman 281, by reason ofv the cut away portion of the cam being adjacent the roller 282. It will be seen from the contour of the cam 283 that when the said cam has moved nearly 180 in the direction of the arrow the face 285 of the cam will engage roller 282 and force the pitman 281 upwardly and forwardly thereby restoring the gear segment 24, department lever 3 and theirassociated parts to normal position.

For the purpose of temporarily locking the levers 3 in their ositions of adjustment there have been provided as shown in Fig.1, alining pawls 48, supported on a rod 49,

carried by standards 50. projecting upward from a short cross beam 51 rigid with the frame. The pawls 48 are spring pressed normally with their noses 52 in engagement with the alining teeth 53 formed in a plate 353 fast on the sides of the segments, their springs 354 yielding to permit manual adjustment of the lovers 3 before the shaft 44 starts to rotate. A swinging frame 54 has set screws 55 backing the tails 56 of the alining pawls 48, and this frame has a roller 57 cotiperating with a disk 58 carried by the drive shaft 44. The roller 5? normally is op posite a notch 59 in the disk, which notch will allow the frame to swing slightly counter-clockwise by adjustment of the levers 3. This counter-clockwise movement of the pawls 48, by the engagement of their tails with the set screws 55, will swing the frame 54 to carry the roller 57 in the notch 59 of the disk 58. However, after the shaft 44 has begun rotation, the periphery of the disk away from the groove will engage the roller 57, forcing the frame 54, and through its set screws 55, the alining pawls 48, firmly in engagement with the teeth 53 of the segments to aline the latter and hold them alined until the end of the operation, when the roller 57 will again be opposite the notch 59 in the disk 58, and the manipulative levers 3 may be adjusted for the next operation. construction is, however, similar to that of the patent. 7

Referring more in detail to the punching mechanism, it will be seen that just below the rear edge of the punch holding frame 36 there is journaled in the frame of the machine a shaft 60 capable of being rocked in its bearings. (See Figs. 1, 2 and 12). Splined at 61 to this shaft and carried by the same is a die frame 62 having openings 63 of .number and arrangement corresponding to the punches in. the punch holding frame 36. The upper end of this die frame is guided by a pilot pin 64 cooperating with a pilotpinopening 65 in the upper end of the punch holding frame. The shaft 60 has fast on its left hand end an arm 66 pivotally connected at 67 with one end of a pitman 68, the other end of which is bifurcated to straddle the drive shaft 44 and is provided with a roller 69 projecting into a cam groove in theside of box cam 70 fast on the drive shaft M. The configuration of the cam groove in the disk 70 effects rocking of the shaft 60, and likewise of the die frame 62, to carry the latter against the punches 34 carried by the punch holding frame.

This

The movement of the die frame 62 takes to be moved to the receiving receptacle as will subsequently appear.

A card holding frame is provided for holding a card to be punched adjacent the punch holding frame and the cutting ends of the punches, so that when the die frame 62 is rocked, it will engage the back of the card and force the latter against the cutting ends of punches that are held in their moved positions by the projections 33. All punches displaced by the adjustment of the levers 3, and which are not held by the projections 31?, will simply be forced back to normal pos tion, so that by reason of the die opening 63 being in alinement with the punches 34; those punches which are firmly held rearward by the. projections 33 upon the racks 27 will be effective as punches and punch openings in the card through the cooperation of these punches with their die openings at such time alined with them at the backof the card. All punches that are in their forward position, as well as those rearmost but not backed by projections 33 on the racks 27, will not act in coiiperation with their die openings to punch holes in the card. This explains the forward and backward swinging function of the die frame 62 and the manner of punching of a card.

The card holder which holds the card between the punch frame and the die frame comprises two vertically extending side pieces 71 (Figs. 1, 2 and 13) each having a. vertical V-shaped groove 72 and a portion 73 upon which the card rests at its corresponding lower corner, the vertical grooves or guide ways for the card 72 of the two vertically extending side pieces 71 being opposed to coact with the vertical edges of the card when the latter is in position in the card holding frame. It will be also noted that the rear walls of the V-shaped grooves are wider than the front Walls. The two vertically extending side pieces 71 of this card frame are connected, and rigidly carried, by two transverse rods 74 which pass through end portions 75 of a frame 76. The end portions 75 are rigidly connected by a base plate (Fig. 2) and each has a depending projection 77 at its rear, each being provided with an opening through the medium of which the frame is slidably supported for front and back movement. on fixed rods 78 passing through the openings. The rods 78 are rigidly carried by and project from depending arms 79, carried by the cross beam 14. The base plate (Fig. 2) 'of this frame 76 has near its center an upstanding car 81 by which, through pin 82, it is connected with the forward end of a link 83 pivotally connected at 84 to its opposite end to the lower end of lever 85 (Figs. 1 and 4;) pivotally supported at its upper end at 86 by the cross beam 10. The lever 85 carries intermediate its ends, a roller 87 playing in a cam groove H2 in a box cam 89 carried by driving shaft ll. By reference to Fig. 4, which shows the configuration of this cam groove, it will be seen that during the last half of rotation of the drive shaft all the lever 85 will be swung to its extreme forward position and back to normal position where it remains throughout the remainder and during the first half of the rotation of the driving shaft. This swinging of the link 85 results in the backward and forward movement of the link 83 which being connected at 77 to the frame 76 slides the latter on its guide rods 78.

Owing to the fact that the card holding frame is connected with the frame 76 by reason of its transverse shafts Tl extending through openings in the end portion 75 of the frame 76. the card holding frame will be carried forward and then backward to normal position by the corresponding movement given the frame 76 by the cam 89 and its connections. The normal position of all these parts is such that the card holding frame holds the card in position to be punched when the die carrying frame 62 is brought up forcibly against the back of the card.

The die carrying frame 62 is swung forward at the very first to punch the card through its link connection 68 with the cam 70 and returned. After the card has been punched and the die carrying frame 62- is swung to normal position it will be seen that the frame is in the way of the forward movement (to the left in Fig. l) of the card carrying frame just described. Means have been provided for laterally shifting the die carrying frame 62 to the right (Fig. 2) out of the path of the card carrying frame. this being done after the card is punched but before the rearward movement of the card carrying frame begins. It will be seen that the splined connection (ll, between the die carrying frame 62 and the shaft (30 (Fig. 1) permits this lateral shift of the die carrying frame at this time. It is effected by extending from that portion of the die carrying frame 62 surrounding the shaft 60. toward the right side of the machine, a plate 90 (Figs. 1 and 9.) carrying on its frontside, rack teeth 91. and having a bearing collar 92 at its right end slidably mounted on the shaft 60. Thus this collar 92 and rack plate 90 are in reality a part of'the die carrying frame 62. swinging with it and the shaft 60 and sliding laterally on the shaft. The teeth 91 on this plate 90 mesh with teeth 93 segmentally arranged on the forward end of a lever 94: bent upwardly at 95. and pivotally carried at 96 on the under side of cross-beam 51. The rear end of this lever 94 carries a roller 97 working in a peripheral groove 98 in cam 99 carried by the drive shaft is, said roller 97 cooperating with said cam 99 on the under side of the latter. From the showing in Figs. 2, 11 and 12, it will be seen that through this connection just described, the die carrying frame 62 will be shifted to the right of the machine on the shaft 60 during the first quarter rotation of the drive shaft, but that this will not begin until after the cam has operated to rock the die carrying frame topunch the card and return to its normal position after which it is immediately shifted to the right of the machine and held there until near the end of the rotation of shaft or long enough to give ample time for the card holding frame to be shifted laterally to normal position and then to carry the punched card forward and deposit it in the receiving receptacle as hereinafter described, and-then return to normal position to receive another card. The die carrying frame 62 is then, near the end of rotation of the drive shaft l4, shifted back toward the left of the machine to its normal effective position by the inclined portion 100 of the cam groove 98 in the cam 99.

As above indicated means are provided for classifying the various amounts in the machine by having a plurality of punching fields on the card to be punched, and adjusting the card holding frame with its card laterally of the punch and die frames, this adjustment being given directly by the operator when adjusting the special department lever 3 which determines the classification of the items handled by the machine. There is shown in Fig. 8 a card of preferred form for use in the present machine. It will be noted that it is provided with but four punching fields for four departments but it is obvious that additional fields for additional departments may be provided without departing from the spirit of the invention. f

In order to accomplish the desired classification, the base of the left hand vertical end piece 71 (Figs 1, 2 and 13) is provided with a lateral ear 101 extending above the forward cross-rod 74 of the card holding frame. This ear is provided with an upwardly extending pin 102 working in a notch 103 in the forward end ofa lever 104 pivoted at 105 on top of the cross beam 14. The elevated rear end 106 of this lever 104: is provided with an upwardly extending roller 107 working ina slot 108 of an armate cam 109 projecting laterally toward the left from plate 110, pinned to the right hand side of collar 111 fast to the actuating plate or segment 24 which supports the department lever 3. Thus it will be seen that by adjusting this department lever 3, which is thus rigid with collar 111 and with plate 110 and arcuate cam 109, the lever 104 will, due to the shape of cam slot 108 in the cam 109, be swung about its pivot 105, thus efceiving receptacle.

footing, through the pin and notch connec tion 102 and 103 with the card holding frame, lateral adj ustment of the card hold ing frame relative to the punch and die carrying frames. This adjustment provides for placing, at will, any of the punching fields of the card in coiiperativerelationship with the punching mechanism, for classificat-ion'of the items being punched.

The department lever 3, which adjusts the above described mechanism, is returned to normal position by mechanism of the machine hereinbefore described, after the card is punched but before it is transferred to the receiving receptacle. and this is done during the time that the die carrying frame 6:2 is being moved to the left, as above described, to clear the way for the forward movement of the card holding frame made use of to place the punched card in the re- It will be seen that the car holding frame, by reason of its rods 74 being slidably supported in openings in the end pieces of the frame 76, can be given this lateral adjustment without any lateral movement of the reciprocating movable frame 76 being necessary, though when this latter frame is reciprocatcd, the card holding frame must. of necessity, move with it.

The reciprocating movement of the frame 76 and card holding frame is for the purpose of storing the punched cards in a receiving receptacle 112 located directly back of the position in which the card holding frame normally restsand immediately below the card supply receptacle.

This receiving receptacle (Fig. 1 is composed of side walls and a front wall 114, and a bottom 115. The whole receptacle is removable from the cabinet of the machine through the opeuingllti in the same, closed by the closure 6, the receptacle resting on opposite ledges 117, carried by the machine frame, when said receptacle is in position in the machine. The receptacle 112 has within it a plate 118 of similar cross section to vthe interior of the receptacle, and this plategby reason of having on its opposite edges outwardly extending rollers or pins 119, working in slots 120 in the two side walls of the receptacle, and in slots 121 in the free end of arms 122 carried on the opposite ends of a rock shaft 1223 held yieldiugly' against clockwise movement by spring 124- (Fig. surrounding the shaft. is normally and yieldingly held toward the rear end of the receptacle.

The plate 118 is prevented from being carried clear out of the front of the receptacle by reason of engagement with projections 125 in its path, which projections are carried by spring controlled pawls' 126 adjacent the four corners of the plate, and held by stop pieces 127 from excessive movement in one direction to permit the plate 118 being completely removed from the receptacle. i'v'hile these pawls 1:26 are thus limited in one direction of movement. they can swing against the tension of their springs, in the other direction. If there are no cards in the receiving receptacle the plate 118 will he held forward against the projections 125 of the pawls 126, but if there are punched cards tween the front of plate 118 and these pro jections 125. the plate 118 receding farther from these projections 125 of the pawls. as more cards are stored in front of it. The plate 118 recedes against the tension of the spring "2% on the shaft 123 exerted on the plate by means of the arms 122 on the ends of the shaft 1:23 and the pin and slot connection between the free ends of these arms and the edges of the plate. While the plate 118 is normally yieldingly held forwardly of its receptacle, it will be seen that punched cards may be. one at each operation of the machine. stored in the receiving receptacle in front of the plate 118. The reciprocating movementof the card holding rame. which movement is given through the reciprocation of frame 76. operated through links 83 and 85 by cam 89. is given for this purpose.

It will be remembered the forward movement of the card holding frame takes place after the die carrying frame 62 is moved to the left on its shaft to clear the way for the otherwise obstructed forward movement of the card holding frame. Merely by its lower corners resting on ledges T3, and by being guided on its opposite vertical edges by the opposing guides. 72. it will be seen that the card will be carried by the forward movement of its holding frame. to carry its upper and lower edges agaiiistthe forward side of the projections 125 of the pawls 126. The walls of the receptacle are sufiiciently far apart to admit the guides 72. Continued movement of the card rearward impelled by its frame will cause the pawls 1'26 to-be swung about their pivots to allow the u per and lower edges of the card to pass beyond the projections 125 of the pawls 126, which thus will, automatically under the in fluence of their springs, return to normal position locating their projections 125 back of the corners of the card which is then in position above floor of the receiving receptacle. The card holding frame'is then moved backwardly to normal position, but owing to the projections .of the pawls 126 being now back of the punched card, the latter will not return with the card holding frame. but owing to its flexibility and its being held by the projections 125 will have its edges carried outof the opposing grooves 72 of the. vertical end pieces of the card holding frame by reason of the front walls of said grooves being very narrow,

in the receptacle they will occupy space l]6' and simultaneously the ledges 73 of the card holding frame will pass forwardly from beneath the lower edge of the punched card. Thus the card. now freed from the card holding frame which supported it when being punched, will rest beyond the projections 125 of the pawls 126, on the floor 115 of the receiving receptacle in the rear of any cards which have been previously stored in this receptacle. At the next operation of the machine the card next punched will talte its place in the rear f the card. the storing operation of which, has just been described. a rfter the card holding frame returns forward to normal position the die carrying frame 6:2 is moved back to the right to normal position and a new card is placed in the card holding meansv in readiness to be punched near the beginning of the next operation of the. machine. This placing of a new card in proper position in the card holding frame will now he. explained.

Located above the receiving receptacle 11:2. supported and held from forward and backward movement by rod 12? and further supported by flanges 1:28 (Fig. projecting outwardly from'its two sidewalls 1:29 and resting on the top of side portions 131) of the rear frame work of the machine. is the card supply receptacle 131. from which cards are fed. one by one. at each operation of the machine to the card holding frame above described. The side walls of this 1rd supply receptacle have depending ears 1232 (Figs. 1 and 5) which support the ends of a rock shaft 133 similar to the shaft 123 above described. but carried by the receiving receptacle. This shaft 133 is provided atits ends with arms 13% having slots 135 in their free ends in which play rollers 136 carried by the two vertical edges of a baclo ing plate 137 within the receptacle, said rollers also extending through slots 138 in the side walls 129 of the receptacle. 'lhis supply receptacle is, of course, provided with a. floor as was the. receiving receptacle, and a spring 139 (Fig. 5) surrounds the shaft 133 and is so connected with it as to tend to rock the shaft in a clockwise direction and to yieldingly move the backing plate 137 rearwardly in the receptacle. it occupying the extreme position toward the rear if there are no cards in the receptacle. but being located farther front in the receptacle just behind any cards stored in the receptacle. The cards in the supply receptacle in front of the backing plate 137 are confined in the receptacle and prevented from removal from the front end of the same. except as provided one at a time at each operation of the machlne, by plate il extending vertically across the front end of the receptacle and supported by a bracket 141 mounted on beam 11. and slightly within the ends of the side walls as shown in Fig. 1.

The cards in the supply receptacle are yieldingly forced forward against the plate 140 by the backing plate 137 for the cards. The cards, of course. stand vertically in this supply receptacle as in the receiving receptacle, and there is just enough space between the rear edge of the floor of the receptacle and the front face of the plate 140 to allow one card to pass down between this edge of the floor and the bottom of the plate 140. Except as impelled by special means the front card will not drop down through this space for the spring controlled backing plate 137 in the card receptacle, firmly though yieldingly, squeezes the cards between it and the front side ofplate 140, the cards being held between these pieces so firmly that the near card will be held frictionally from dropping down through the space between the lower end of plate 140 and the rear edge of the floor of the receptacle. The cards will be so held in this manner in the recep tacle regardless of the number in the supply receptacle owing to the yieldingly acting backing plate 137. If the receptacle is full of cards the plate 137 will be in the position shown in Fig. 1 and as the cards are transferred from it it will gradually approach. the rear of the receptacle engaging the plate 140 direct when there are no cards in the receptacle. r

It is obvious how the receptacle may be filled with cards by merely manually forcing the plate 137 to the front of the receptacle and placing the cards vertically in front of it. p

The card holding frame. which holds the card when being. punched in the manner above described, normally stands precisely below the front edge of the card supply receptacle and in position to have the foremost card carried from the latter vertically downward in the opposing grooves 72 of the card frame until the bottom corners of the card rest upon the ledges 73 of said frame.

A novel and very effective means for posi tively transferring theforemost card in the receiving receptacle down vertically into position in the card holding frame is provided. A guide-way 142 is provided in the rear side of the plate 140, serving to uide a verticallv reciprocating head 143 (figs. 1, 5 and 6) which has passing through it and projecting from it at opposite sides a shaft 144, the ends of which work in notches 145 in the rear ends of arms 146 rigidly carried outside the walls of the card supply receptacle, by the ends of a shaft 14:7 journaled in the walls of the receptacle. The extreme left end of this shaft 147 carries an arm 148 pivotally connected at 149 to one end of a link 150 curved down at 151 to pass beneath transverseshaft 15 and having at its extreme rear end a notch 152 straddling the drive shaft 44, (Fig. A roller 153 projects from one side of the rear end of this link and plays in a cam groove 154 of a box cam 155. The configuration of this cam groove is such, as is shown in Fig. 3, as to operate the chain of mechanism just described, at the beginning of the operation of the machine to raise the free ends of arms 146 and therethrongh the vertical sliding head 143, holding the head raised until near the end of the operation of the machine when it is quickly lowered to the position shown in Fig. 1. carrying with it downward the rearmost card in the supply receptacle, and placing the same in the card holding frame in readiness to be punched at the next operation of the machine.

The vertical sliding head 143 carries two plungers 156 projecting forwardly of the head, one on each side of the vertical face of plate 140, the rear ends of these plungers being reduced (Fig. 6) to confine springs 15? between their larger parts, and the rear of openings 158 in the sliding head. The reduced ends of the plungers project through the sliding head and are provided.

with nuts 159 serving to preventwithdrawal of the plungers. The forward ends of the piungers have their upper edges beveled at 160. The sliding head and plungers normally occupy the position shown in Fig. 1 in which they are below the lower edges of the cards in the supply receptacle. When the plunger head is raised at the proper time, as above described, the beveled edges 160 of the plungers serve by engagement with the lower edges of the rearmost card, to cam the plungers toward the rear of the machine against the tension of their springs. As soon as this cam action on the plungers takes place the forward ends of the plungers will be in engagement with. the rear side of the rearmost card. and will he carried up along the face of this card by the raising of the plunger carrying head. The plungers are not beveled on their lower rear edges, so that when the sliding head carries the plungers sufficiently upward to their extreme upper position, one of them is effective as will soon be described. to engage over the upper edge of the rearmost card so that when the head and plungers are carried down to their normal position one of the plungers will positively move the rearmost card in the supply receptacle down to position it in proper place in the card holding means.

To guard against any possibility of two cards being carried down simultaneously by the plnngers to the card holding frame, the upper edges of the cards are notched in a novel manner, that is, the edges which are up when the cards are properly placed in the supply receptacle. It will he noted that the cards are properly handled by the machine inverted as regards the printing on the card, and Fig. 8 shows a notch 161 in the edge of the card that will be uppermost when in the machine. It will be observed that this notch is just of the width, ora little more, of one of the plungers described, and it will also be observed that it is slightly at one side so that when the card is in the card supply receptacle, it will be in alinement with one of the feeding plungers. The card which is to be placed in the supply receptacle adjacent to this one will have its notch 161, a corresponding distance to the other side of the center in alinenient with the other feeding plunger. lVhen the plunger head is raised it is not raised sufi'iciently to carry the plungers up .so that they'will clear the extreme upper edges of the cards, but only sufficiently high so that the plunger which is in alinement with the notch in the foremost card will merely engage over the upper edge of the card in the notch so as to produce feeding effect on the card when the plungers move down. However, when the two plungers move down, the one that it is engaging in the notch in the foremost card will positively force the card down. carrying it into position in the card holding frame beneath it. At the next operation ofthe machine, the plunger ineffective at the preceding operation, will be efiective while the one effective at the preceding operation will be ineffective. Thus the plungers alternate in effectiveness in successive operations of the machine and as the cards are to be so arranged in the card supply receptacle that no two adjacent cards in the supply receptacle have alined notches 161. it will be impossible in any operation, for either one or both plungers to-pass over the upper edge of two cards, and feed both of them downwardly into position; in the card holding frame when the plungers are lowered.

It is necessary in a machine of this type to provide a safeguard so as to prevent an operation of'the machinein the absence of a card in proper position in the card holding frame due to failure of the feeding mechanism or exhaustion of supply. Means are provided herein acting absolutely to lock the machine under such conditions. which means will now be described. Referring to Figs. 1 and 7, it will be seen that a depending pawl 162 is provided, pivoted at 163 to an ear 161 on the cross-beam 11 and normally held yieldingly by spring 165 so that the forward part of its lower end 166 is in the path of a card being fed from the supply receptacle to the card holding frame. This lower end of the pawl is provided with an upper inclined surface 167 so that the lower edge of a card, when being fed from the supply receptacle down to the card holding frame, will, by engaging the inclined surface 167 of the pawl, swing it rearwardly against the tension of its spring 165. The rear end of the lower part 166 of pawl 162 has a shoulder 168 and on its upper surface a projec tion 169, having an inclined face 178, this shoulder and projection coiiperating with alaterally bent end 170 of a locking lever 171 pivoted on shaft 15. The arm 173 of this locking lever 171.co6perates with a lug 171 on the side of the disk carried by the drive shaft 11. The outer surface 176 of this lug is a cam surface starting in notch 177, in which is adapted to engage the extreme end of arm 173. The position of these parts shown in Fig. 7, is of the machine locked from a rotation. as by engagement of the end of arm 173 with a notch 177 of the lug 171, the drive shaft T1. and its disk 58, cannot rotate clockwise, as required in an operation. The position shown is that which parts would be in if no card had at the previous operation, been transferred from the .card supply receptacle to the card holding frame. If, however, a card had been transferred. it by its movement down. would have engaged inclined surface 167 of the pawl 162 swinging it rearwardly, and by engagement of inclined connecting portion 178 between the shoulder 16S and the projection 169 on the rear end of the pawl would serve to cam the adjacent end of lever 171 up, so that its flange 170 will engage in notch 179 adjacent the projection 169. In this position of the forward arm of the lever 171 its arm 173 will be out of en gagement with the notch 177 on the dish 58 as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The drive shaft -14 will then be free to be operated from the crank handle so far as this locking mechanism is concerned; However. as soon as the disk :38 starts to rotate clockwise the cam surface 176 of the lug 171 will cam the arm 173 of the locking lever 171 down, thus throwing the flange 170 of this locking lever up to withdraw it from the notch 179 in the pawl 162 and free this pawl. Its spring 165 will then swing it forwardly in the path of the next card to be fed to the card holdingframe. Whenever this pawl swings forwardly the rear end of arm 173 of the locking lever. as the lug 174 rides from under it. will be freed whereupon the spring 180 connected with the arm 173 of this lever will rotate the lever back counter clockwise to engage its flange 170 with the shoulder 168 on the pawl 162 and to bring the end of the arm 173 in position to engage the notch 177 in the lug 17%. when the drive shaft- -1 completes a single rotation. From this description of the locking mechanism it will be seen that the drive shaft 41 of the machine is locked bv tation except when a card has been transferred to the card holding frame at the preceding operation of the machine.

It is, of course, necessary to operate the lever 171 against rolatter course is taken it will prepare the machine to punch a card at the first operation of the driving mechanism and will, on account of the pawl 162 being engaged by the inserted card, latch the locking lever 171 in ineffective position. In any event after the machine has become locked by exhausting the supply of cards it is impossible to release the locking lever 171 to permitoperation of the machine without having access to the compartment containing the supply receptacle.

It is thought that the operation of the machine will be clear from the above description. However, this may be here briefly reiterated. Assuming that a card has been transferred to the card holding frame at the preceding operation of the machine, it will be apparent that the locking mechanism just described will not be effective to prevent ro tation of the drive shaft. The machine thus being in readiness for the entry of an item, the manipulative levers 3 are adjusted to set up the amount of the item in the machine. The left handlever 3 by its adjustment will determine the class the item to be entered belongs to. This setting up of the amount manipulative levers 3 will be remembered as effective to'determine those punches of the punching mechanism that will be effective to punch a card. It will also be remembered that the adjustment of the left hand manipulative lever 3 will shift the card holding means to bring the proper field of thecard into position to be'punched by the punching mechanism, and will also adjust the left hand type wheel 40, Fig. 14;, to record the clerk ordepartment represented by the field in which the punching is effected according to the adjustment of the left hand lever 3.

, After the manipulative leverso3 have been properly set, the drive shaft 44 is rotated one complete rotation from a crank handle or any other suitable form of driving means. At the beginning of this rotation of the drive shaft, the operation of punching the card takes place, after which the die carrying frame is restored to normal and then shifted to the left out of the path of, the card holding means. At the same time as the shifting of the die plate is effected the left hand or department lever 3, if previously adjusted, is restored to normal together with the card holding frame. The shifting cam of'the latter is then effective to move the card holding means forward to deposit the punched card in the receiving receptacle and in the manner described in detail above. The card holding means promptly returns rearward to its normal plane, after which movement and near the end of the operation of the machine, the plunger carrying head is reciprocated to lower a new card from the card supply receptacle into the card holding means for readiness to be punched at the next operation. 7

After the card holding means has deposited its card in the receiving receptacle and returned to normal position, the die carrying frame is shifted back toward the left o-f the machine to its normal position, and this is done near thejend of the operation of the machine. Transfer of a new card from the card supply receptacle to the card holding means renders the locking means shown and described ineffective so as to permit the next operation of the machine. However, if the card supply receptacle were exhausted of cards, no card would be transferred to the card holding means, and would not thus by its movement serve to render ineffective its cotiperating locking mechanism, and the machine would then be locked against any rotation of the drive shaft to carry out the next operation of the machine.

From the'previous patent it will be obvious how registering mechanism and printing mechanism will be operated in con unction with the card punching and storing mechanism herein described. The operation of the printing mechanism conventionally illustrated in Figs. 9 and 10. is the same as that of the previous patent. Due to the notching and staggering of the notches of the cards when in place in the card supply receptacle, and the mode of coiiperation between these notches-and the feeding plungers on'the reciprocating plunger head, it will be seen that assurance of the feeding of but one card to the card holding means at any one operation of the machine, is provided. From an inspection of the card it will be seen that it is by the location of the punched holes in the field of the card punched that the punchings on a card represent any particular item. How this may so represent an item or amount is well known and will not be described. The card of Fig. 8 has four separate punching fields designated as departments A, B, C and I), though these fields might be designated any other thing desired, such as class A, class B, etc. Their particular designation does not affect the disclosure of the invention. Throughout the operation of the machine the cards are always handled inverted from the position shown in Fig. 8 so that the notches 161 will be uppermost. The one beveled corner has no significance so far as the invention are is concerned as it is well known in the art and is for the purpose of determining that all cards are in proper position.

i fhile the form of mechanism herein shown'and described is admirably adapted to fulfil the objects primarily stated, it is to be understoodthat it is not intended to confine the invention to the'one form of embodiment for it is susceptible of embodiment in various terms all coming within the scope of the claims which follow.

ii hat is claimed is 1. In a machine of the class described, the combination of accounting mechanism; manipulative means for controlling the entry of an item in theaccounting mechanism; card punching mechanism; means for controlling the efiectivity oi the card punching mechanism from the manipulative means so that the card will be punched in correspondence with the entry made in the accounting mechanism; means for locking the accounting mechanism until a card is brought to punching position; and means for transferring a card when punched from the punching mechanism.

2. in a machine of the class described, the combination of accounting mechanism; manipulative means for controlling the entry of an item in the accounting mechanism; card punching mechanism; means for controlling the eiiectivity of the card punching mechanism from the manipulative means so that the card will be punched in correspond ence with the entry made in the accounting mechanism; a card receiving receptacle; means for transferring a punched card to the receiving receptacle and means for locking the accounting mechanism until a card is brought to punching position.

3. In a machine or" the class described, the combination of accounting mechanism; manipulative means for controlling the entry of an item in the accounting mechanism; card punching mechanism; means for controlling the efi'ectivity or the card punching mechanism from the manipulative means so that the card will be punched in correspondence with the entry made in the accounting mechanism; a card supply receptacle; means for transferring a card from the supply receptacle at each operation of the machine to the punching mechanism and means for locking the accounting mechanism until a card is brought to punching position and means for transferring the punched card from the punching mechanism.

In a machine of the class described, the combination of accounting mechanism; manipulative means for controlling the entry of an item in the accounting mechanlsm; card punching mechanism; means for controlling the efiectivity or" the card punching mechanism from the manipulative means so that the card will be punched in correspondonce with the entry made in the accounting mechanism; a card supply receptacle; means for transferring a card from. the supply receptacle to the punching mechanism; a card receiving receptacle and means for locking the accounting mechanism until a card is brought to punching position, and means for transferring a card after being punched by the punching mechanism, to the card re ceiving receptacle.

5. in a machine of the class described the combination of accounting mechanism; card punching mechanism; common amount manipulative means for determining amounts to be entered in the accounting mechanism and the card punching mechanism; and means for effecting a. relative adjustment between acard to be punched and its punching mechanism so that the latter will punch the card in any one of a number of fields in the card to be punched, said means also effecting the classification of the amount in the accounting mechanism.

6. in a machine of the class described, the combination of accounting mechanism; card punching mechanism; common amount manipulative means for determining amounts to be entered in the accounting mechanism and the card punching mechanism; means for efi'ecting a relative adjustment between a card to be punched and its punching mechanism so that the latter will punch the card in any one of a number of fields in the card to be punched, said means also effecting the classification of the amount in the accounting mechanism, a card receiving receptacle; and means for transferring the punched card and storing it in the card receiving rec'cptacle.

7. In a machine of the class described the combination of accounting mechanism: card punching mechanism; common amount manipulative means for determining amounts to be entered in the accounting mechanism and the card punching mechanism: means for effecting a relative adjustment between a card to be punched and its punching mechanism so that the latter will punch thecard in any one of a number of fields in the card to be punched, said means also ctiecting the classification-of the amount in the accounting mechanism; a card supply receptacle; means for transferring at each operation (it the machine a urd from the supply receptacle to the punching mechanism; and means for transferring a card when punched by the punching mechanism from said punching mechanism.

8. in a machine of the class described, the combination of accounting mechanism; card punching mechanism; common amount manipulative means for determining amounts to be entered in the accounting mechanism and the card punching mechanism; means for effecting a relative adjustment between a card to be punched and its punching mechanism' so that the latter will punch the card in any one of a number of fields in the card to be punched, said means also effecting the classification of the amount in the accounting mechanism; a card supply receptacle; means for transferring at each operation of the machine a card from the supply receptacle to the punching mechanism; a card receiving receptacle; and'means for transferring a card when punched fromthe punching mechanism to the card receiving receptacle.

9. In a machine of the class described, the combination of accounting mechanism; means for entering an item through the accounting mechanism, on a card; means for transferring a card into position to receive the entry of an item through the accounting mechanism; and means for preventing an operation of the accounting mechanism unless a cardis in position to be'operated upon by the accounting mechanism.

10. Ina machine of the class described, the combination of item entering accounting mechanism; means for transferring record material into position to have an item entered thereon through the accounting mechanism; normally effective locking means tor preventing an operation of the accounting mechanism; and means for rendering the locking mechanism inefi'ective by the passage ofrecord material into position to be operated upon through the accounting mechanism.

11. In amachine of the class described, the combination of an accounting mechanism, a card punching mechanism, manipulative means for entering an item in the accounting mechanism and positioning the 7 card to one of a plurality of positions relative to the punching mechanism, means for operating said punching mlechanism, and means associated with the accounting mechanism for recording infwhich of said plurality of positions said card was punched.

12. In a machine of the class described, the combination of accounting mechanism, card punching mechanism, manipulative means for controlling the entry of an .item in said accountingmechanism, special manipulative means for effecting relative movement between said card and said punching mechanism, and means associated with the accounting mechanism for making a record of the relative position of the. card when punched.

13. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a plurality of type carriers, card punching mechanism, manipulative means, for controlling the entry of an item on said type carriers, special manipulative means for etl'ectingg relative movement between said card and said punching mechanism, and a type carrier associated With said plurality of type carriers for making a printed record of the relative position of said card when punched.

14. In a machine of the class described, the combination of accounting mechanism, card punching mechanism, manipulative means controlling the entry of an item in said accounting mechanism, special means for effecting movement of said card relative to said punching means, and means associated with said accounting mechanism and under the control of said special manipulative means for making a record of the relative position of the card When punched.

15. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a plurality of type carrirs, card punching mechanism, manipulative means controlling the entry of an item on said type carriers, said manipulative means also effecting movement of said card relative to said punching means, and means associated with said type carriers and under the control of said manipulative means for making a record of the relative position of the card when punched.

16. In a machine of the class described, the combination of accounting mechanism, a card punching mechanism, manipulative means. for entering items in said accounting mechanism, certain of said manipulative means controlling the positioning of said card relative to said punchingmeans, and means associated with the accounting mechanism for recording the relative position of the card when punched.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS CARROLL. JOHN C. LGCKYER.

Witnesses: JonN P. FRANK,

J B. RIoKn'rrs. 

